
Without Beginning or End
Jacqueline Bourque(Author)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Published on 15. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-0-2280-2261-9 (ISBN)
Description
In my palliative months / the cormorant leaves me / at peace, disintegrating / with the exhalation of a Buddha
Without Beginning or End is Jacqueline Bourque's final testament to a life well lived, written in the wake of a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Deeply inspired by her Acadian upbringing along the ocean shores of New Brunswick, these are poems populated by aerialists, painters, and the spirit of Charles Baudelaire, who connects the poet to "the ligatures of life." Those ligatures in turn connect her with family in the collection's remarkable title suite, bringing new life to a past that continues to resonate in the present.
Without Beginning or End is a book about love, friendship, art, and the human condition. Beautiful, and poignantly human, it is an emotionally charged parting gift to loved ones and readers alike.
Without Beginning or End is Jacqueline Bourque's final testament to a life well lived, written in the wake of a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Deeply inspired by her Acadian upbringing along the ocean shores of New Brunswick, these are poems populated by aerialists, painters, and the spirit of Charles Baudelaire, who connects the poet to "the ligatures of life." Those ligatures in turn connect her with family in the collection's remarkable title suite, bringing new life to a past that continues to resonate in the present.
Without Beginning or End is a book about love, friendship, art, and the human condition. Beautiful, and poignantly human, it is an emotionally charged parting gift to loved ones and readers alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 188 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-2280-2261-9 (9780228022619)
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Without Beginning or End
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09/2024
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Jacqueline Bourque
Without Beginning or End
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09/2024
1st Edition
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€36.99
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Jacqueline Bourque (1949-2023) was an Ottawa-based poet. Her poems appeared in The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead, and the Queen's Quarterly. Her first book is Repointing the Bricks (Mansfield Press, 2021), shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award.